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n. [ See Arpent. ] The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL. carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage. ] An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

Syn. -- Carpenter, Joiner. The carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a building. The joiner supplies stairs, doors shutters, mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to finishing the building. In America the two trades are commonly united. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carpenter ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gnaws galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed wood. The common large American species is Formica Pennsylvanica. --
Carpenter bee (Zool.), a large hymenopterous insect of the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The common American species is Xylocopa Virginica. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a California evergreen shrub (Carpenteria californica) having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See Carpenter. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. dia`pente a fifth; dia` through + pe`nte five: cf. F. diapente. ] 1. (Anc. Mus.) The interval of the fifth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A composition of five ingredients. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Epentheses [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'epi` + &unr_; to put or set in. ] (Gram.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in “nimble” from AS. nēmol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. épenthétique. ] (Gram.) Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. erumpens, -entis, p. pr. of erumpere. ] (Bot.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Fore + spent. ] Already spent; gone by; past. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Obs. ] See Forspent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. forspendan to consume; pref. for- + spendan to spend. ] Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A gentleman almost forspent with speed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of repentance; impenitence. Bp. Montagu.

imp. & p. p. of Misspend. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family coextensive with the genus Nepenthes.
Syn. -- family Nepenthaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Fr. Gr. &unr_; removing all sorrow; hence, an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the day; &unr_; not + &unr_; sorrow, grief. ] A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Nepenthe. ] 1. Same as Nepenthe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in tropical areas of India, Malaya, Australia, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. or a. [ From Pen, v. t. ] Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here in the body pent. J. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]

No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. J. M. Sewall. [ 1913 Webster ]

pref. Same as penta-; -- used as a combining form before vowels, as in pentoxide. [ PJC ]

pref. [ Gr. penta-, a later combining form of pe`nte five. See Five. ] 1. A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide, containing five sulfur atoms; pentoxide, containing five oxygen atoms, etc. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + basic. ] (Chem.) Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; -- said of certain acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + capsular. ] (Bot.) Having five capsules. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Penta-, and Achenium. ] (Bot.) A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + chloride. ] (Chem.) A chloride having five atoms of chlorine in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentachloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pentachordus five-stringed, Gr. penta`chordos; penta- five + chordh` string. ] 1. An ancient instrument of music with five strings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An order or system of five sounds. Busby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + acid. ] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; -- said of certain complex bases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. pe`nte five. ] A five-pointed star, also called a pentagram or pentalpha. See illustr. under pentalpha. Sometimes referring to a similar figure, such as the figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star. It was used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages. The six-pointed star is more comonly called a hexagram, or called Solomon's seal; it resembles the star of David (Magen David) [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

a. [ See Penta-, Coccus. ] (Bot.) Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gr. Antiq.) See Penteconter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + Gr. kri`non a lily. ] (Zool.) Any species of Pentacrinus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pentacrinus + -oid. ] (Zool.) An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, and thus resembles a Pentacrinus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Penta-, and Crinum. ] (Zool.) A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Pentacra E. Pentacrons [ NL., fr. Gr. pe`nte five + 'a`kron a summit. ] (Geom.) A solid having five summits or angular points. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + acrostic. ] A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. penta`s penta`dos, a body of five, fr. pe`nte five. ] (Chem.) Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any grouping of five things. [ PJC ]

a. (Chem.) Having the valence of a pentad. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. pentada`ktylos with five fingers or toes. See Penta-, and Dactyl. ] 1. (Anat.) Having five digits to the hand or foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pentadactyl + -oid. ] (Anat.) Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + Gr. de`ka ten. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + decatoic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designating an acid related to it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + decylic. ] (Chem.) Same as Quindecylic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + Gr. 'adelfo`s brother. ] (Bot.) Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + root of L. findere to split. ] (Bot.) Divided or cleft into five parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + -glot, as in polyglot. ] A work in five different tongues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. penta`gwnon; penta- (see Penta-) + gwni`a angle: cf. L. pentagonium, F. pentagone. ] (Geom.) A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regular pentagon, a pentagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides all equal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pentagonal, pentagone, L. pentagonus, pentagonius, Gr. &unr_;. ] Having five corners or angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pentagonal dodecahedron. See Dodecahedron, and Pyritohedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form of a pentagon; with five angles. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]